Tablet dispensing toy gun



March 4, 1958 E, HAAS v 2,825,324

TABLET DISPENSING TOY GUN Filed sept.r 2s, 1955 INVENToR. E D U A RD HA A S A 'frog Ney .This invention relates to a tab1et-dispensing *gun -for ejecting orfshooting candies, tablets or the like,fwhich will be referred to hereinafter in general as tablets, from the gun barrel with moderate force by releasing a spring which has been previously stressed.- This toyis constructed so as to enable its inexpensive mass production because neither the accuracy of manufac-ture nor the material used must fulll particularly high requirements.

The present toy gun may be made of metal, preferably of parts pressed from sheet metal, or of plastics, preferably of thermoplastics ysuch as polystyrene. In the latter case it is convenient to make the parts by injection molding.

It is an object of the invention to provide a toy gun which is composed of few components of simple shape, which can be assembled ina simple manner without requiring additional parts to prevent the components Vfrom falling apart. It is another-object ofthe invention Vto provide a toy gun having a magazine which canvfbe removed vfrom thek gun -for refilling *and :can be pushed into the handle of the gun to charge the same. Finally it is an object of the invention to provide a gun of the type described in which the ejection of the tablet is effected by a slide which is movable against the action of a spring and can be releasably locked in an end position, whereas it jumps forward to eject the tablet when the trigger or release of the gun is pressed.

Further features will be explained hereinafter with reference to the drawing, in which an illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown.

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view taken on the vertical plane of symmetry of the gun. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are sectional views taken on lines 2 2, 3 3, 4 4, respectively, of Fig. l. Fig. is a partly sectional View of the gun showing the components thereof during assembly.

ln Fig. l the magazine is generally designated by 1. It comprises an outer casing 2 of rectangular cross-sectional shape and an inner casing 3 which is longitudinally slidable in the outer casing 2. The inner casing 3 is of channel section and h-as two inwardly extending stops 3 (Fig. 2). A compression spring 5 is arranged between the bottom surface 3" of the inner casing 3 and a bottom part 4 movable in the inner casing 3 in the axial direction of the casings 2, 3. The bottom part 4 has projec tions 4 whereby it is guided in lapertures or grooves 2 of the outer casing 2. The pile of -tablets 6, which are of substantially prismatic shape in the example shown is disposed between the movable bottom part 4 and the stops 3 as long as the magazine is not pushed into the gun. The magazine 1 can be pushed from below into the handle part S of the gun land carries stops 9 to limit its upward movement. Guide faces 10 formed on the handle provide for a guidance of the magazine in the handle part 8 while the magazine is being pushed'into the gun.

The handle part carries the barrel 12, an abutment 13, and a trigger guard 14. These parts may form a single component of the gun or may constitute separate parts. A forked trigger is pivotally movable on the nited States Patent() M' Patented Mar. 4, r419.58,

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pin 16 and is acted upon by a spring 17 which'is supported on the handle lpart 8 and-tends to urge the trigger 13 into an upper position shown by solid lines inFig. 5.

Aslide 20 is movable against the actionof a spring 21 on the handle part 8 andthe barrel 12. The spring 21 bears at one end against the abutment 13, at the other end against a flange-20' of the slide 20.-. The slide 20 has substantially th-e form-of a downwardly open trough whereas its front end, constituting the part 20', is suitably formed as a ring. This troughwis carried by the compressedspring 21 Vand is guided by projections 25 along guide ribs 26 formed on the handle apart 8, asis more clearly .apparent fromFig. 2. The slide 20 carries also an ejection bolt 27 which extends inthe axial di rection of the barrel u12 or parallel thereto at .a small distance lfrom the axis in the assembled gun.

From the previous .description .it is apparent that the slide 20 .is slidable yrelative `to the handle part 8 parallel to the barrel 12 and against the action of the spring..21 along the barrel 12 and along the Aguides 26. The slide can be locked in a rear position by means which will be described hereinafter. When the trigger 15 is pressed'the slide 20 will be released from this position infa manner also to be described hereinafterand will -jump forward to eject a tablet.

The mode of operation of the gun described so far is as follows: It may 'be assumed that the gun is .empty and thel slide is in its front position, shown in Fig.v l. Whenv the filled magazine 1 is` inserted intothe handle 8 of the gun to cha-rge the latter, the Yuppermost-tabletA of the pile 6 will come to lie below the ejectionlinger 27.' Itmay be asumed that the magazine :is h-eldfsutliciently securely in Vthe handle by friction though interengaging lockingimeansmay be providedV I-f the .slide ,2015mtracted in the direction of arrow A the ejection linger.

27 will moveV to the right. The travel of the slide 20 and the length of the linger 27 are selected so that the uppermost tablet of the pile is released and travels upwardly under the action of the spring 5 until it engages the stops 3 and is held thereby. In this retracted posi-tion of the slide 20 the spring 21 is compressed and the slide is locked by the following means:y

The slide has rmly connected thereto fingers or catch hooks 30 arranged and dimensioned to move over the release hook 31 of the trigger 15 while the spring 21 is being compressed by the movement of the slide to the right. Thus the members 30 move the trigger 15 in the counter clockwise sense and come to lie behind the hook 31, as is shown with dash lines in Fig. l. The several parts are matched to render a further movemen-t of the slide to the right diiiicult because the spring 21 would have to be too highly .compressed or its turns engage each other already. In this position of slide 20 the ejection finger 27 stands behind the topmost tablet and when the trigger 15 is actuated to release the linger 30 and permit the spring 21 to throw the slide forwardly the finger 27 can enter the interior of the magazine 1, more particularly through an aperture 32, Fig. 2, in the rear wall of the magazine outercasing 2, -and throw the uppermost tablet out of the magazine into the barrel 12, out of which it is either shot or only discharged at moderate speed, depending on the stress given to the Vspring 21. To avoid damage to or destruction of the generally fragile tablets the effective end face of the ejection linger 27 must be of suicient size and care must be taken to prevent the uppermost tablet from being clamped with excessive force between the magazine bottom 4 and the stops 3' when the spring 5 is most highly stressed.

Thus the gun is cocked by retracting the slide 20 in the direction of arrow A. The uppermost tablet of the pile pressing against the ejection bolt 27 when the slide 20 is in front will then be moved upwardly against the stops 3"and come 'in front of the ejection bolt 27 on account of the action of spring 5.

Fig. 5 shows the assembly of the components without the magazine.

It may be assumed as stated hereinbefore that the handle part 8 isintegral with the barrel 12the trigger guard 14, and thespring `abutment 13, or has been assembled therewith to form a unit. In the case of plastic` ment the guide extensions 25 come to lie below the guide extensions 26 of the handle part 8. After the guides 25, 26 have been moved to a position'preparing their interengagement the slide 20 `can be moved into the position shown in Fig. l, whereby the spring 21 is relaxed. In this position a further movement of the slide to the left is prevented by the engagement of the rear wall 33 of the slide with a part 34 of the handle, e. g. the rear upper part thereof. After a magazine is inserted in the manner described hereinbefore the gun is ready for use.

It is apparent that the components used are very simple in form and that the special design andmutual arrangement of the components enable the assembly of the gun without requiring any additional parts.

To refill the magazine it is removed from the handle. Then the spring 5 is compressed and the inner casing 3 is pulled ont of the outer casing 2. Since theinner casing 3 is substantially of channel section and entirely open on the front side a pile of superimposed tablets can be introduced into the groove thus formed. n It is readily apparent that the illustrative embodiment shown in thedrawing and described hereinbefore permits of numerous modifications within the scope of the present invention, e. g. as regards the form and material of the components, and it is intended to cover also suchfmoditications by the following claim.

What is claimed is:

A toy guncornprising, in combination, a handle part, a rearwardly open barrel rigid with said `handle part, a slide carried by said handle part and movable relative thereto alongthe barrel between front and rear positions, said slide being formed with a front end portion, a stationary abutment carried by said barrel inside said slide behind said front end portion, a slide spring in the form of a compressible coil spring surrounding said barrel and held inside said slide between said front end portion and said abutment, a magazine removably held in said handle part and adapted to accommodate a pile of tablets, means for urging said pile upwardly in said magazinestop means engageable by the uppermost tablet of said pile from below to locate it substantially in the axis of said barrel, an ejector member carried by said slide substantially in the axis of said barrel and lying behind said uppermost tablet in the rear position of said slide, and -a trigger carried by said handle part and arrangednormallyto hold said slide in said rear posiltion against the action of said slide spring yet actuable to release said slide to permit it to be thrown forward by said slide spring, whereby the ejector member is caused to drive Ithe .uppermost tablet through and outof said barrel.

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